Category: NWSL

Seattle Reign FC, the defending National Women’s Soccer League regular season champions, will open its new campaign on April 12 at Memorial Stadium against Abby Wambach and the Western New York Flash, the club announced Thursday as the league unveiled its 2015 schedule. Seattle also takes on Sky Blue FC on June 6 before the league takes…

Reign FC added a pair of new names to its roster at Friday’s 2015 National Women’s Soccer League Draft, picking up Florida’s Havana Solaun in the second round and Stanford’s Kendall Romine in the fourth. Solaun, a 5-foot-9 midfielder, was named first-team All-SEC in each of her final two years in Gainesville, tallying 30 goals and 32…

Laura Harvey of Seattle Reign FC has been named the National Women’s Soccer League coach of the year in a vote of journalists, team officials and players, the league announced Wednesday. “This is a reflection of this team’s hard work. Both from a player’s perspective and back room staff,” said Harvey in a release. “I’m just…

Tickets for the National Women’s Soccer League championship match between the Seattle Reign and FC Kansas City on Sunday at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila went on sale Tuesday morning — and they didn’t last very long. All of the covered and uncovered grandstand seats were sold out within the first 20 minutes, and only standing room…

Seattle Reign midfielder Kim Little was recognized Thursday as the winner of the NWSL Golden Boot as the league’s leading scorer this season. Little, who was named NWSL player of the month three times, led the league with 16 goals in 23 games and finished tied for second in assists, with seven. She also memorably added the final…

The National Women’s Soccer League playoff bracket is now filled, with the defending champion Portland Thorns earning a postseason berth in their final match of the regular season via a 1-0 defeat of the Seattle Reign on Sunday. The Reign still boast the top overall seed, having clinched the regular-season title with four matches to spare. Seattle…

Seattle Reign goalkeeper Hope Solo, midfielder Megan Rapinoe and forward Sydney Leroux have been called up to the U.S. women’s national team for its friendly against Switzerland on Aug. 20, the club confirmed in a Thursday release. Solo can break the USWNT’s all-time shutout record in the match — which will be hosted at WakeMed Soccer…

Seattle Reign FC clinched the regular-season National Women’s Soccer League championship and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs in characteristically dominant fashion: by a 4-1 scoreline over the Houston Dash on Wednesday and with four games to spare. Sydney Leroux opened the scoring just two minutes into Wednesday night’s game at BBVA Compass Stadium, and it was followed…